Demonstrating shoe sample



June 24, 1930.

c. MILLER DMONSTRATING SHOE SAMPLE Filed DBC. 2, 1926 Patented June 24,1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCEA DEMONSTRATING SHOE SAMPLE ApplicationledDecember 2, 1926. Serial No. 152,233.

My invention has for its object primarily to provide a demonstratingdevice or sample designed to be employed for selling slippers,l

Y it is actually fashioned and made. By the use of the demonstratingsample a number of lines of different footwear, each including a largeassortment of styles, may be readily transported and displayed in acomparatively limited space, since it would require if desired only theshowing of a single completed shoe or slipper of each line of thestyles, in order to permit the customer to examine the quality as awhole of the foot-` wear and then select the wanted styles from thedemonstrating samples. n p

The invention consists broadly of a backing sheet which may be ofmaterial of a color and shape similar to the material, color andkcontour of a shoe of a given style. Fixed on the backing sheet is aplate which may include a number of sections or portions each of thesame material, color and shape as the material', color and contour ofthe corresponding .35 parts of the depicted` shoe, and the portions ofthe plate are placed on the backing sheet in the identical positions ofthe parts of the shoes which said portions of the plate represent. Alarge variety of styles of shoes, slippers, boots and other footwear mayeach be correctly represented in fiat form for demonstrating each styleof the footwear as it appears when manufactured. Vith these and otherobjects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more vfully eX-plained with reference-to thefaccompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification in which similar characters of referencelindicatecorresponding parts all'the views,

and willthen be pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.i

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form ofdemonstrating shoe sample embodying my invention. v

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, partly in eleva-- tion, taken on the lineV2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of another style of the demonstrating shoesample, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view, partly in elevation, taken on the line 4 4of Fig. 8.

As an illustrative form of carrying the invention into practice I showin Fig. 1 of the drawing a demonstrating sample of a womens low shoe orslipper 10 of a stylel having the sole 11, heel 12, upper 13, footopening 14 and instep strapl.

The device has a backing sheet 16 .which is preferably of a shapecorresponding to the contour of the slipper, and by using the termcontour it will` be understood that I mean theshape in outline of theshoe asfit `appears Vin elevation or other suitable positions capable ofbeing depicted or duplicated in flat form according to the principlesofthe invention. The backing sheet 16 may be made of leather or othermaterial similar to the material of a portion or the lwholeof the shoerepresented, and the color lof the backing sheet may also be of a colorcorresponding to the color of at least a portion of the shoe'such asblack at 17 kof the sole 11 of the slipper 10. Y

On one face of the backing sheetv 16 `is a sheet or plate 18 composed ofa'section or portion 19 representing the body of the heel 12, a sectionyor portion 2O representing the foot part of the upper 13, a section orportion 21 representing the heel part `ofthe upper, strips or portions22, 22a, 22", 22'rep're'senting the border ofthe foot opening 14, andthe Strips or portions 23, y24 which form the vinstep strap 15 of theslipper. The foot portion 20 and the heel portion 21 of the upper 13 ofthe slipper are of various lsizes and shapes and these portions arepositioned in spaced relation to part of the lower edge of the backingsheet 16 so that the marginal portion of the backing sheet below thefoot portion of theupper depicts the black sole 17 of the slipper. Theheel portion 19 of the plate 18 may be of a blue color, and this portionis of such a size that its lower end is spaced above the lower edge ofthe heel portion of the backing sheet to provide a representation of thetop lift, as 25, of the heel of the slipper. .The foot portion k2O andthe heel portion 21 of the upper 13 are white the same as the materialof like parts of the slipper, and the opposing edges of the foot portion20 and heel portion 21 are stitched together, as at 26. The edge of theslipper of which this device is a representation is of a fanciful shape,and this fancy shape is-rcpresented in the device by the border stripsor portions 22, 22a, 22, 22c of the plate 18. T he border strips 22,22h, 22c are of a blue color,v

and the border strip 22"L is black as indicated. The edges of all ofthese border strips are stitched, as at 27, 28, to the sheet or plate18, and the stitching 26, 27 28 may also connect the portions of theupper 13 of the sample to the backing sheet 16. Gn the border strips ofthe upper 13 are two spaced buttons 29, 20. The strip member or portion23 of the instep strap 15 has in one of its ends a buttonhole 31throughV which the button 29 is disposed. The strap member 23 is blacklike the border strip 22a of the upper 13, and the edges of this strapmember is stitched, as at 32, 33, to the backing sheet. The strap member24 has also in one of its ends a buttonhole 34 through which the button3() is disposed. The strap member 24 is blue like the borderstrips 22,22D, 22C, and the edges of this strapmember 24'islstitched at 35, 3G tothe backing sheet. All of the sections and portions of the heel 12,upper 13 and instep strap 13 are made of leather or other material incolors similar to the material and colors of the corresponding parts ofthe slipper depicted, and the portions of the plate 18 are located onthe backing sheet 1G in the identical positions of the parts of theslipper which the plate 18 represents. The parts of the plate 18 notstitched to the backing sheet may be adhesively fixed on the backingsheet.

The form of the demonstrating sample, shown in Fig. 3, has the backingsheet 37 of a shape conforming to the contour of the shoe represented.This backing sheet may be black, as 38, or of any other color as well asbeing of the same material as a portion or all of the shoe depicted. Onone face of the backing sheet37 is a sheet or'plate 39 representing theupper 40 and heel covering 4()a of the shoe or slipper depicted. Theseparts are of shapes corresponding to the general shape of the backingsheet 37, the upper having the foot or toe portion 41, the heel portion42, the heel covering 43 andthe foot opening 44. These parts of theupper 40 of the plate 39 may be made of brocaded satin, cloth, fancyleather or other material of designs similar to the corresponding partsof the shoe represented, and these parts of this upper are of sizes andare arranged on the backing sheet 37 with the lower edge of the upperbeing spaced slightly above the lower edge of the backing sheet so thatthe extending portions of the lower edge of the backing sheet representsthe sole 45 and the top lift 46 of the heel of the shoe. 'Ihe plate 39may be adhesively secured or stitched or otherwise fastened to thebacking sheet 37. Un the upper 40 of the plate 39 at the edge of thefoot opening 44 is glued or otherwise secured a plate or flap, as 47,which may be of a triangular shape of black or other color contrastingwith the colors of other parts of the sample, and this plate 47 may beof a size extending lengthwise from the rear part to the forward part ofthe edge of the foot opening as well as extending downwardly of theupper toward the shank of the sole 45.`

Also on the upper 40 under the forward part of the lower edge of thetriangular plate or flap 47 may be glued or otherwise attached a plateor flap 48 of a fancy shape, as illustrated, and this plate may be of ayellow, gold or other color inv contrast to the colors or patterns ofthe other parts of the sample. The plates 39, 47, 48 are similar inmaterials, shapes and colors to the corresponding parts of the shoedepicted, and the plates are located on the backing sheet 37 in theidentical positions of the parts of the shoe which the plates represent.The demonstrating sample as thusV devised is an accurate representationin style and materials of a particular shoe or slipper, and enables theshoe as it appears when made complete to be clearly visualized by aprospective purchaser. Moreover, such samples enable a large variety ofstyles of shoes, slippers, boots and other footwear to be each correctlydepicted in Hat form for being transported and displayed'in av limitedspace and avoid the expense of making samples of each shoe complete asis incident to the present methods of displaying and selling footwear.

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of myinvention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myselfthereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein-withoutdeparting from the principle or .sacrificing any of the advantages ofthis invention, therefore, I reserve to myself the right to make suchchanges as fairly fall within the scope thereof. v

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent y 1. A demonstrating shoe sample in flat form,comprising a backing sheet of material of a color and shape similar tothematerial, color and contour of a shoe of a given style, a plate fixedon the backing sheet,

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said plate being of a shape similar to the contour of a shoe of a givenstyle and the plate including portions each of the saine material, colorand shape as the material, color and contour of the corresponding partsof the depicted shoe and the portions of the plate being placed on thebacln'ng sheet in the identical positions of the parts of the shoe Whichsaid portions of the plate represent, and means connecting the portionsof the plate together, said means being similar to the connections ofthe corresponding parts of the shoe represented.

2. A demonstrating shoe sample in flat form, comprising a backing sheetof material of a color and shape similar to the 1naterial, color andcontour of a shoe of a given style, a plate fixed on the backing sheet,said plate including portions each of the same material, color and shapeas the material, color and contour of the corresponding parts of thedepicted shoe and the portions of the plate being placed on the backingsheet in the identical positions of the parts Y of the shoe which saidportions of the plate represent, and stitching connecting a number ofthe portions of the plate together, said stitching being similar to thestitching of the corresponding parts of the shoe represented.

This specification signed this lst day of December, A. D. 1926.

CHARLES MILLER.

